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loffpllflinghamfin thejgcounty of Plymouth and Commonwealth of `Massachusetts, have invented a new andnseful Extension-Beding is a full,` clear, and `exact description of its `construction anduse,` reference being had I`tothe` accompanying drawings nand letters .y markedlthereon. l p L l o Of the `saiddrawings Figure l, denotes a` plan. Figa an. sideeleyation.: Fig. 3, a transverse `and vertical section Y at A, B, ""showing the'yslats and shoulders on them. Y Thelnature `of"myinvention consists of an f extension bedsteady-soconstructed*and ary rangedas to be foldedtogether," and in that position answerfor a sofa byremovingthe l @foot board,yandso that the bedstead can be `extended `soasto `answer alldthelpurposes l of a bedstead`,the sofaijbackand `head board being` one landfjthe sameA thing, the foot board lbeingturned underrthe cushion of the l and used as 'a sofa."l 1 l o a "i, To explain` theniethod of constructing my i 1" invention r and` carrying `it out I will del scribethe same as follows: I construct four posts of wood asfsejen at A, A,- two of which attachrtoreach of the cross rails, or head `and foot rails`;B,B, and above these cross `rails I ,attach afhead andfoct board to each the bedstead.` o Inowl` connect the headand foot portions of the bedsteadtogether bythe weXtensio-n rails C, C, these being constructed j" or of severalpiecesiof wood andare cono nected ltgetherllby `iron hinges D, D, or

y l "otherequivalentsljso that they will foldtol y gether-"to answer thepurpose of a sofa,`a11d steadgand I herebydeclare that the followof the two posts `respectively at each end of` me mw y o i WILLIAMSTODDAMMASSACHUSETTS i o roLnING nEnsTEAD.

" f fzspeification df Letters ratent No. 12,656,1datednpri1 e, 1855.

falso so as to be easily removed from houses in caseof lire, it being folded soas to pass through any ordinary door. It -will be un- At E, can be seen the are sustained on the tops'of the extension rails when the bedstead is extended.` These `slats answer the double purpose to support o the bedding and to keep the extension rails straight by means of the hooks Gr, and i shoulders F at the Vends of these slats, which pass down by the edges of these eX- tension rails. These slats are connected together by tape, leather, or any flexible `substance as seen at H, and when the bed- .stead is drawn out, the ends of these strings are tied `to the foot board, so as to keep the slats in the right position when the bed n o n o "is used.

` `sofa when the bedsteadis `folded together l Having thusdescribed my extension bedstead, lf claimV as new and useful` 1 l The making the side rails of bedsteads, in sections hinged together and also to the head and foot posts, so `that they will fold together substantially as specified, in combination with the slats which support the bedding, whichslats are so constructed, and `provided with pins or projections near the ends of ythem as to brace or hold the folding rails firm, when the bedstead is ext-ended, `essentially `in the manner and for the purposesl set fort-h.

, VILLIAM STODDARD.

Vitnesses.:

E; W. SCOTT,"

\ CHAs A. F. SWAN. 

